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Maori
Maori. After that the Pakeha and Maori fought again at Porirua, the Pakeha were defeated and paid again. There was fighting again at Wanganui, the Pakeha were defeated and paid again. These were very significant matters, and payments were not withheld. But this cause of yours is wrong, for it was baseless stealing of the goods of the Pakeha. Now I know your customs, that if someone steals the goods of another, he won't be strung up but he'll be taken off to prison, and, when he is let out, he won't be crucified. And so, settle this according to those two customs of yours - the thief must be imprisoned but the murderer, that man must be crucified. And, Pakeha, to manage the thief's stay in prison for seven years costs £84. Sirs, this land must be paid for, but release [the prisoner] from jail when this letter arrives.
Maori. Muri iho ka riri ano te Pakeha me te Maori ki Porirua, ka mate te Pakeha i utua ano e te Pakeha. Kua riri ano ki Wanganui, kua mate nga Pakeha i utua ano. He take nui whakaharahara ena take. Kihai i puritia nga utu. Tena ko tenei take a koutou e he ana, inahoki he tahae noa iho i nga taonga o te Pakeha. Tenei hoki au ka mohio ki a koutou tikanga, ki te mea ka tahaetia e tetahi tangata nga taonga o tetahi tangata, e kore ia e tarewatia engari me here noa iho ki te whare herehere, a, ka tukua ano ki waho, e kore e ripekatia. Koia hoki tenei, me whakarite ki runga ki aua tikanga a koutou e rua nei, ko te tangata tahae me here noa iho, engari ko te tangata patu tangata, me ripeka rawa taua tangata. Koia hoki, e nga Pakeha, ka rite te nohoanga o te tangata tahae ki roto ki te whare herehere ki nga tau ka whitu nei, ko nga moni o aua tau £84. E ta ma, me utu tenei kainga, me whakaputa mai i te whare herehere i te taenga atu o tenei pukapuka.

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